Monday, 19 January 2015

In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Western countries
and political leaders are standing together. We are girding our loins,
stiffening our resolve and sharpening our pencils in order to express our
defiance through the medium of crayon daubs on electronic paper. The last time
we saw such resolute bravery was when Michelle Obama tweeted “Bring Back Our Girls”
in the glare of the world’s media, and then promptly forgot about them. The
girls were not brought back of course. They were sold as sex-objects in Muslim
slave markets.